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    Alternative strategies of nutrient acquisition and energy conservation map to the biogeography of marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea

    A total of 44 genomes sequenced from AOA cultured species or extracted from environmental metagenomes, representing all known ammonia-oxidizing thaumarchaeotal orders, were analyzed and compared in the present study (Table S1). In addition to the 30 genomes that have been previously reported, seven marine and two terrestrial AOA culture genomes as well as five MAGs from […] More

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    Nitrous oxide emissions from permafrost-affected soils

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    The short-term impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on urban air pollution in China

    Data Air quality data The air quality data comprises a high-frequency dataset covering seven major sets of air pollutants. We obtained these data from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment34. The original dataset includes hourly readings of the AQI, PM2.5, PM10, SO2, O3, NO2 and CO concentrations from 1,605 air quality monitoring stations covering all […] More

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    Leaf senescence exhibits stronger climatic responses during warm than during cold autumns

    1. Richardson, A. D. et al. Climate change, phenology, and phenological control of vegetation feedbacks to the climate system. Agric. Meteorol. 169, 156–173 (2013). Article  Google Scholar  2. Chuine, I. & Beaubien, E. G. Phenology is a major determinant of tree species range. Ecol. Lett. 4, 500–510 (2001). Article  Google Scholar  3. Edwards, M. & […] More

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    Evolutionary compromises in fungal fitness: hydrophobins can hinder the adverse dispersal of conidiospores and challenge their survival

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    Autumn greening in a warming climate

    1. Chen, L. et al. Nat. Clim. Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0820-2 (2020). Article  Google Scholar  2. Zhang, Y. et al. Nat. Clim. Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0806-0 (2020). Article  Google Scholar  3. Piao, S. et al. Glob. Change Biol. 25, 1922–1940 (2019). Article  Google Scholar  4. Keenan, T. F. et al. Nat. Clim. Change 4, 598–604 (2014). CAS  Article  Google […] More

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    Metagenome-wide association analysis identifies microbial determinants of post-antibiotic ecological recovery in the gut

    1. Marchesi, J. R. et al. The gut microbiota and host health: a new clinical frontier. Gut 65, 330–339 (2016). PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  2. Bäumler, A. J. & Sperandio, V. Interactions between the microbiota and pathogenic bacteria in the gut. Nature 535, 85–93 (2016). PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  3. Kampmann, C., Dicksved, […] More